Case‐Fatality Rate in Parkinson's Disease: A Nationwide Registry Study

• Published in: Movement disorders clinical practice (Hoboken, N.J.) Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 152 - 158
• Main Authors: Sipilä, Jussi O.T., Kaasinen, Valtteri, Rautava, Päivi, Kytö, Ville
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2024; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Fatalities; Mortality; neurodegenerative diseases; neuroepidemiology; Parkinson's disease; prognosis; survival; mortality; neurodegenerative diseases; neuroepidemiology; prognosis; survival

Background Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) may have an increased risk of mortality, but robust estimates are lacking. Objective To compare mortality rates nationally between patients with PD and controls. Methods The case‐fatality rates of Finnish PD patients diagnosed in 2004–2018 (n = ...